Febrero de 2016

Audiovisual Aesthetics and Technology: Cinema and beyond in the Digital Age

Abstract

Digital Technology has changed film considerably. This even holds true for films that are not actually shot on digital camera. In my talk I will discuss the development from Postclassical Cinema to the current Postcinematic Film of the digital age. Does digital culture produce a new kind of film aesthetics and a new type of image? In what way does cinema reflect upon the fast changes of the digital revolution? What is the moving image’s contribution to digital culture? These are some of the questions that will be discussed in relation to examples from cinema, music video and television.

Bio

Prof. Dr. Thomas Morsch is Associate Professor of Film Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin and author of a book on Media Aesthetics of Film. Embodied Perception and Aesthetic Experience in Cinema (2011). He has edited a volume on Genre and Series and co-edited a volume on Precarious Genres (both 2015). 2011-2014 he was head of a research project on The Television Series as Aesthetic Form. He is currently writing a book on Postcinematic Aesthetics and working on a research project on Tourism and Media.